Janice Ackroyd, BEd 

Janice Ackroyd is a highly motivated, focused technical writer and editor with excellent communication skills, and 20 years experience in teaching, tutoring, writing and editing. She is an experienced writer/consultant offering course design, evaluation tools, newsletter articles, and other research and editing services.  Her strength is her focused problem solving and her ability to communicate with clients and workshop participants in a supportive, encouraging style.

Janice has developed and led workshops on a variety of writing and other HR topics. Her workshops cover the range of the writing process including such topics as identifying the audience, planning, tone, grammar, and how to revise and edit. She is a writer herself with published short stories and articles in addition to her experience as a technical writer. She has produced instructor guides for complex technical training including the workshop design, and the development of participant manuals and slide presentations.  She also delivers training in writing and conflict management.

Janice has been a teacher in the education system and has worked as an editor for an on-line American publishing house coaching first time authors to bring their work to publishing standard.  She was part of a team for the final review of two Alberta Science textbooks.  She has extensive experience living with and coaching ESL students and adults from a variety of countries including Brazil, Japan, India, Korea, Taiwan and Switzerland. Her strength is her ability to support and encourage a variety of individuals and groups through the learning process.  Her insight into human behaviour and her sensitivity to the learning process of others means that when coaching is required, her help is both developmental and positive.

Janice has a Bachelor of Education with a major in English and a minor in psychology from the University of Calgary, with additional graduate level courses in counseling theory and group process from Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. She is proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and a variety of computer software.